Abhishek Datt & Narsimha Rao
Team from Cyberabad takes on Microsoft by creating an alternative to
Windows

Hyderabad: The team from Cyberabad is taking on
Microsoft. Abhishek Datt & Narsimha Rao along with their team has
created ELX LInux by integrating the best of software available in open
source and free applications.

ELX has been founded in the year 2001 with the mission of providing
class leading operating systems which provide a superior and cost
effective alternative. In its endeavor to bring linux to the masses ELX
has pioneered the ease factor of Linux and is today known for offering
products which bring to users a potent combination of power and ease.

In a very short period of time, ELX launched two of the today's very
popular Linux based Operating Systems, namely Power Desktop and Biz
Desktop. ELX has a rapidly growing world wide user base of over 150,000.
Taking advantage of its OS expertise, ELX has announced ELX-INSTA HIPAA
Server, which is a unique integration of ELX customized OS with advanced
web technologies.

"Linux For You" the leading Linux magazine in Asia, has rated ELX
BizDesktop 2.0 as the Best Linux Distribution for an office environment.
Here is an excerpt from its May 2003 Editorial:

ELX is now developing and is all set to launch its exiting server
product and a real time operating system which can be used for defense ,
space and mission critical applications.

ELX was founded by its Chief Software Architect Abhi Datt. Abhi Datt is
a graduate in Electronics and Telecommunications engineering. He is also
a graduate in Business Management where he specialized in Management
Information Systems. Being a Unix buff from college days it was his
vision to bring Linux to the desktop.